Paralaoma compar
Appearance
Paralaoma compar | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Punctidae |
Genus: | Paralaoma |
Species: | P. compar
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Binomial name | |
Paralaoma compar | |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
Paralaoma compar, also known as the ribbed pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Description
The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 1.2–1.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 2.4–2.5 mm, and a low spire. It is deep golden-brown in colour. The whorls are rounded, with impressed sutures and moderately closely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and moderately widely open umbilicus. [2]
Distribution and habitat
The snail is found on the summits and slopes of the southern mountains of the island.[2]
References
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Paralaoma compar Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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